This is the third and final part of our survey of the first issue of future Marvel Executive Editor Mark Gruenwald's classic fanzine OMNIVERSE, which dealt with the question of consistent reality in comic book stories. Or continuity, as it is more typically thought of. While it didn't quite reach the heights of a scientific … Continue reading OMNIVERSE #1, Part Three
Continuing in our look at Mark Gruenwald's pre-Marvel fanzine OMNIVERSE, dedicated to examining consistency in the depiction of fictional realities in comic books. After a write-up of several recent science fiction stories, Gruenwald takes it upon himself to review several recently-released comic books to see if they measure up to his own beliefs and standards … Continue reading OMNIVERSE #1, Part Two
In the late 1970s, before he would go on to be hired by Marvel Comics as an assistant editor, Mark Gruenwald published two issues of his fanzine OMNIVERSE. Unlike most other fan publications, OMNIVERSE was dedicated to examining a single principle when it came to comic book fiction: the consistency of continuity across fictional realities, … Continue reading OMNIVERSE #1
The Tom Brevoort Experience 